Former LSU running back Jeremy Hill accumulated impressive statistics in the mighty Southeastern Conference, and his new team also believes that any Hill character issues are all in the past.

The powerfully built Hill (6-foot-1, 233 pounds) was the Bengals' second-round draftee Friday night. His brief but productive LSU career included a 1,401-yard, 16-touchdown season in 2013, his second and final collegiate campaign.

"I think I'm the most complete back in this draft. I can do it all," Hill told Cincinnati reporters in a teleconference.

While the Bengals disappointed some Buckeye fans by not taking Ohio State's Carlos Hyde instead of Green, the Bengals say they got their man.

"We did our due diligence," Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said. "He came out as one of the most versatile runners, both big and strong, ability to make people miss, ability to catch the football."

The Bengals said they also did their diligence off the field. Hill was arrested on sexual assault charges while in high school, and he was arrested again in April 2013 after being caught on video punching a man outside a bar near campus. For the latter, he was given a six-month suspended jail sentence and two years probation. Hill is on probation until July 2015.

"We have a lot of confidence in the people we know inside the LSU program," Lewis said, mentioning head coach Les Miles and several LSU assistants. "There's a bunch of people in the LSU program that many of us in the building have strong relationships with."

Hill, a former Louisiana prep star, did not duck questions about his character Friday night.

"If you talk to people who know me, they know I don't have any character issues," Hill said. "I was a young man who made mistakes. I don't know too many young men who haven't made mistakes."

The Bengals see Hill as strengthening a running back corps that that includes seventh-year veteran bruiser BenJarvus Green-Ellis and second-year smaller back Gio Bernard. Green-Ellis enters the final year of his contract, with Hill the heir apparent.

"I don't think you can ever have too many," Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson said of his running backs.

Hill also showed some pass-catching ability, with 26 receptions in his two-year LSU career. That included 18 catches for 181 yards last year.

"He can catch the ball," Jackson said. "He really demonstrated that on his pro day."

Is there room for both Green-Ellis and Hill?

"Right now there is," Jackson said. "Right now that's not my concern. We have some very competitive guys in that room, and nobody is going to shy away from anything. At the end of the day, we're going to play the best players."

Hill praised Green-Ellis and Bernard when asked about them Friday, well aware that he must earn his keep in Cincinnati.

"We're all going to compete against each other," Hill said. "I'm so blessed to be part of the organization."

First, Hill had to find it. He said he first made a team visit to Cincinnati a few weeks ago, unaware that the airport actually was in Northern Kentucky.

"I said, 'Why am I in Kentucky?' Hill said. "I was kind of freaking out for a second."

Hill on getting the call Friday night from the Bengals while he waited with family in Baton Rouge:

"I trembled. I couldn't even formulate words. It was an out-of-body experience."